Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 35/2. (2015)

Botany

Mihaela SÄMÄRGHIJAN, Silvia OROIAN

JUDETUL

° Judetul Mures

Fig. 1: Cámpia Transilvaniei (Mures County) [13]

Contrary to its name, the Transylvanian Plain is not geographically a plateau, but rather a collection of hills. Uniform altitudinal landforms, low landform energy, landslides, valleys with radial-excentric character, ponds, and short rivers without terraces, are many features of the Transylvanian Plain. Agricultural land occupies about 90% of the total area and forests only 9% with significant differences from one place to another.

The studied area overlaps the area of gas domes and the Tortonian-Sarmatian formations composed of marl, clay, sand, volcanic tuffs and conglomerates on the edges.

The climate of Transylvanian Plain shows differences between north and south, as well as a number of topoclimates specific to broad valleys areas. The average annual temperature is 8—9 °C and the rainfalls, generally deficient, reach 500—600 mm/year.

Material and methods

The floristical diversity of the studied area was analyzed taking into consideration the presence of some micro arealophyte species, endemic species, Balcanic and Mediterranean species which gives specificity to the flora of “Cámpia Transilvaniei”.

The names of the species are in accordance with Flora Europaea [15, 16] and Sárbu, I., §tefan, N., Oprea, A. [14] and the floristical elements are established by Sárbu, I., §tefan, N., Oprea, A. [14].

To identify the threatened, vulnerable and rare species we took into consideration the National Red Lists [3, 5, 7, 9, 10], The Carpathian List of Endangered species [17] and the latest version of sozological categories published in the IUCN Red List Categories booklet (1994) [8].

18